How to locate good Rental Homes in South Carlsbad / La Costa / Encinitas …

[CA renter]

Try the newspapers:

http://sdhomessearch.signonsandiego.com/Rentals/SearchIndex.asp

This one is not 2,500 sf, but sounds pretty close:

http://sdhomessearch.signonsandiego.com/rentals_details/12-0010232484-01

North County Times:

http://homes.nctimes.com/RealEstate/Rentals/SearchResults.asp?RoS=R&RegionIds=11%2C13%2C14%2C15%2C99&RegionIdCount=5&SaveField=&NewLflag=&BRooms=0&Bath=0&LPrice=0&HPrice=99000000&BType=0&Amenities=&Amenity=0&AmenityN=0&CType=C&CID=999&SCountyId=0&AdTagCountyId=&sRegionId=&CountyId=&CountyIds=11%2C99%2C13%2C15%2C14&p=&SOrder=1&KeyWord=&NewListings=0&Acreage=0&SqFoot=0&SearchFor=&SearchBy=&SearchFlag=&SearchName=Enter+Search+Name&EmailAlert=&EmailType=&OH=&PhotoNum=&ReportSection=R&WebSearches=Y

Also, don’t be afraid to negotiate. If you have excellent credit and references, make a deal. Offer to pre-pay maybe 3-6 months at a time, and sign a longer lease if desired, in return for lower rent. Lowball, lowball, lowball.

Also, check your LL’s references and credit, if possible.

Remember, your competition will largely be deadbeats who’ve stopped paying their mortgages and were finally evicted.

Good luck!

[sdrealtor]

Now that is bunch of biased unrealistic advice if I’ve ever seen it. There are plenty of well qualified, great tenants chasing a pool of medicore rental properties out there. Lowball your way to a dump. If you find a great rental and it is close to reasonable take it.

[sdrealtor]

Now that is bunch of biased unrealistic advice if I’ve ever seen it. There are plenty of well qualified, great tenants chasing a pool of medicore rental properties out there. Lowball your way to a dump. If you find a great rental and it is close to reasonable take it.

[sdrealtor]

Now that is bunch of biased unrealistic advice if I’ve ever seen it. There are plenty of well qualified, great tenants chasing a pool of medicore rental properties out there. Lowball your way to a dump. If you find a great rental and it is close to reasonable take it.

[sdrealtor]

Now that is bunch of biased unrealistic advice if I’ve ever seen it. There are plenty of well qualified, great tenants chasing a pool of medicore rental properties out there. Lowball your way to a dump. If you find a great rental and it is close to reasonable take it.

[sdrealtor]

Now that is bunch of biased unrealistic advice if I’ve ever seen it. There are plenty of well qualified, great tenants chasing a pool of medicore rental properties out there. Lowball your way to a dump. If you find a great rental and it is close to reasonable take it.

[propertysearchaddiction]

I disagree. We didn’t want to spend more than $2500 on rent but I wasn’t finding what I wanted so I used a search up to $3000.
We found a house, met the landlord and they could tell we were decent people who would take care of the place and pay the rent. Our credit scores probably helped too. He only made us sign a 6 month lease and allows us to go month to month because we told him we wanted to buy in the next year.

I told him in a 5 minute conversation we didn’t want to spend more than $2500 and he knocked $300 off the monthly rent so we are at $2475. It was painless and the saying is true, “It doesn’t hurt to ask.”

[propertysearchaddiction]

I disagree. We didn’t want to spend more than $2500 on rent but I wasn’t finding what I wanted so I used a search up to $3000.
We found a house, met the landlord and they could tell we were decent people who would take care of the place and pay the rent. Our credit scores probably helped too. He only made us sign a 6 month lease and allows us to go month to month because we told him we wanted to buy in the next year.

I told him in a 5 minute conversation we didn’t want to spend more than $2500 and he knocked $300 off the monthly rent so we are at $2475. It was painless and the saying is true, “It doesn’t hurt to ask.”

[propertysearchaddiction]

I disagree. We didn’t want to spend more than $2500 on rent but I wasn’t finding what I wanted so I used a search up to $3000.
We found a house, met the landlord and they could tell we were decent people who would take care of the place and pay the rent. Our credit scores probably helped too. He only made us sign a 6 month lease and allows us to go month to month because we told him we wanted to buy in the next year.

I told him in a 5 minute conversation we didn’t want to spend more than $2500 and he knocked $300 off the monthly rent so we are at $2475. It was painless and the saying is true, “It doesn’t hurt to ask.”

[propertysearchaddiction]

I disagree. We didn’t want to spend more than $2500 on rent but I wasn’t finding what I wanted so I used a search up to $3000.
We found a house, met the landlord and they could tell we were decent people who would take care of the place and pay the rent. Our credit scores probably helped too. He only made us sign a 6 month lease and allows us to go month to month because we told him we wanted to buy in the next year.

I told him in a 5 minute conversation we didn’t want to spend more than $2500 and he knocked $300 off the monthly rent so we are at $2475. It was painless and the saying is true, “It doesn’t hurt to ask.”

[propertysearchaddiction]

I disagree. We didn’t want to spend more than $2500 on rent but I wasn’t finding what I wanted so I used a search up to $3000.
We found a house, met the landlord and they could tell we were decent people who would take care of the place and pay the rent. Our credit scores probably helped too. He only made us sign a 6 month lease and allows us to go month to month because we told him we wanted to buy in the next year.

I told him in a 5 minute conversation we didn’t want to spend more than $2500 and he knocked $300 off the monthly rent so we are at $2475. It was painless and the saying is true, “It doesn’t hurt to ask.”

[CA renter]

[quote=sdrealtor]Now that is bunch of biased unrealistic advice if I’ve ever seen it. There are plenty of well qualified, great tenants chasing a pool of medicore rental properties out there. Lowball your way to a dump. If you find a great rental and it is close to reasonable take it.[/quote]

Sorry, but have to disagree with you, sdr.

We did it as well. We visited multiple homes and talked to a few property management firms. We negotiated and took the best offer. In our case, we agreed to do some maintenance on our house in exchange for no further rent increases.

You know where we live. We pay $2,100/month, and have been doing so for four of the past five years. The first year was $2,000, and the $100 increase was written into our first contract. Our LLs love us (again, long-time LLs who’ve been doing this for a while), and we love them. It works. 🙂

My parents were long-time landlords — of multiple properties — for a few decades. They would ALWAYS choose an excellent renter at a lower rate than a mediocre/poor tenant at a higher rate. Any experienced LL knows this.

[CA renter]

[quote=sdrealtor]Now that is bunch of biased unrealistic advice if I’ve ever seen it. There are plenty of well qualified, great tenants chasing a pool of medicore rental properties out there. Lowball your way to a dump. If you find a great rental and it is close to reasonable take it.[/quote]

Sorry, but have to disagree with you, sdr.

We did it as well. We visited multiple homes and talked to a few property management firms. We negotiated and took the best offer. In our case, we agreed to do some maintenance on our house in exchange for no further rent increases.

You know where we live. We pay $2,100/month, and have been doing so for four of the past five years. The first year was $2,000, and the $100 increase was written into our first contract. Our LLs love us (again, long-time LLs who’ve been doing this for a while), and we love them. It works. 🙂

My parents were long-time landlords — of multiple properties — for a few decades. They would ALWAYS choose an excellent renter at a lower rate than a mediocre/poor tenant at a higher rate. Any experienced LL knows this.

[CA renter]

[quote=sdrealtor]Now that is bunch of biased unrealistic advice if I’ve ever seen it. There are plenty of well qualified, great tenants chasing a pool of medicore rental properties out there. Lowball your way to a dump. If you find a great rental and it is close to reasonable take it.[/quote]

Sorry, but have to disagree with you, sdr.

We did it as well. We visited multiple homes and talked to a few property management firms. We negotiated and took the best offer. In our case, we agreed to do some maintenance on our house in exchange for no further rent increases.

You know where we live. We pay $2,100/month, and have been doing so for four of the past five years. The first year was $2,000, and the $100 increase was written into our first contract. Our LLs love us (again, long-time LLs who’ve been doing this for a while), and we love them. It works. 🙂

My parents were long-time landlords — of multiple properties — for a few decades. They would ALWAYS choose an excellent renter at a lower rate than a mediocre/poor tenant at a higher rate. Any experienced LL knows this.

[CA renter]

[quote=sdrealtor]Now that is bunch of biased unrealistic advice if I’ve ever seen it. There are plenty of well qualified, great tenants chasing a pool of medicore rental properties out there. Lowball your way to a dump. If you find a great rental and it is close to reasonable take it.[/quote]

Sorry, but have to disagree with you, sdr.

We did it as well. We visited multiple homes and talked to a few property management firms. We negotiated and took the best offer. In our case, we agreed to do some maintenance on our house in exchange for no further rent increases.

You know where we live. We pay $2,100/month, and have been doing so for four of the past five years. The first year was $2,000, and the $100 increase was written into our first contract. Our LLs love us (again, long-time LLs who’ve been doing this for a while), and we love them. It works. 🙂

My parents were long-time landlords — of multiple properties — for a few decades. They would ALWAYS choose an excellent renter at a lower rate than a mediocre/poor tenant at a higher rate. Any experienced LL knows this.

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